EVALUATION OF STATIC AND DYNAMIC BALANCE IN PATIENTS WITH DIABETIC PERIPHERAL POLYNEUROPATHY: ORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLE.
- Lecturer in Physical Therapy, Department of Physical Therapy for Neuromuscular Disorders and its Surgeries, Faculty of Physical Therapy, Cairo University, Egypt.
- Lecturer in Physical Therapy, Department of Physical Therapy for Cardiovascular/ Respiratory Disorder & Geriatrics, Faculty of Physical Therapy, Cairo University, Egypt.
- Assistant Professor in Physical Therapy Department, College of Applied Medical Sciences, Umm Al Qura University, KSA.
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The Purpose of this study was to evaluate postural stability in patients with DM. Methods: Twenty-Three participants were assigned as a study group (GDM; n= 23), another age-matched Twenty-Three healthy participants were assigned as a control group (GH; n= 23). Evaluation procedure ran through Balance Error Scoring System (BESS), Timed Up and Go (TUG), Postural Stability Test and Limit of stability Test (LOS) on Biodex stability system. Results: revealed highly statistical significant difference in the mean values of the BESS test (p= 0.003), the LOS test (p= 0.04), and overall stability indexes on Biodex stability system (p= 0.006), high significant positive correlation between BESS and the postural stability test overall scores within (GDM) (Pearson’s Correlation Coefficients (r)= 0.45), and high significant negative correlation between the TUG test and the LOS test overall scores within (GDM) (r= -0.14), however; the comparisons between (GDM) and (GH) showed non-statistical significant difference in the mean values of the TUG test (p= 0.65). Conclusion: it can be concluded that diabetes affects postural stability during normal functional activity.
[Amir Abdel-Raouf El-Fiky, Ashraf Abdelaal Mohamed Abdelaal and Omar Farouk Helal. (2016); EVALUATION OF STATIC AND DYNAMIC BALANCE IN PATIENTS WITH DIABETIC PERIPHERAL POLYNEUROPATHY: ORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLE. Int. J. of Adv. Res. 4 (Dec). 2315-2321] (ISSN 2320-5407). www.journalijar.com
Lecturer Physical Therapy, Department of Physical Therapy for Cardiovascular/ Respiratory Disorder & Geriatrics, Faculty of Physical Therapy, Cairo University, Egypt.
